Practice Leader - Multicultural Services

Role Status: Full-Time Long-Term Vacancy
Remuneration: AHP4 ($112,625 - $122,610 p.a.) + 11% Superannuation

The Department for Child protection is seeking a Practice Leader, Multicultural to join the Central Region team on a full-time term basis.

The role is responsible for:

• Providing leadership and mentoring on culturally responsive child protection practice to DCP employees, including the provision of expert advice regarding legislation and the application of the DCP Practice Approach.
• Leading the development, delivery and evaluation of training programs relating to working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and new and emerging communities (NEC).
• Working collaboratively with office-based Practice Leaders and other key stakeholders to ensure high quality practice in relation to families from CALD and NEC backgrounds.
• Contributing to negotiations with the Department for Home Affairs regarding the Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors Program in South Australia.
• Monitoring practice quality, identifying practice issues and developing and implementing quality improvement strategies.

About You

We are looking for a confident leader with a demonstrated commitment to pursing improved outcomes for children and young people from CALD and NEC backgrounds.

To be successful in this role you will have significant clinical experience in providing high quality, culturally responsive and safe practice to vulnerable children, young people and their families and carers.

The role requires you to have comprehensive knowledge of potential complexities involved with the assessment, intervention and evaluation of child protection matters regarding families from CALD and NEC backgrounds, including Humanitarian migrants.

You will also have leadership experience and be able to establish and maintain a professional learning and development environment, including contributing to the delivery of workplace learning opportunities, mentoring, coaching and co-working with staff.

If you are in search of the opportunity to contribute to the development of more effective practices with people from CALD and NEC backgrounds, then this may be the role for you.

About the Business

The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

Special Conditions
Essential: An appropriate Allied Health Professional degree or equivalent qualification relevant to the role, which gives eligibility for full membership or entitles registration with the relevant Association/Board.

Persons of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who have the appropriate background and skills but do not have the essential qualification, may apply for and be engaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will be entitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional roles requiring a qualification in Social Work within the Department for Child Protection (DCP).

To find out more about this role, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please click on the 'apply' button.

Enquiries: Melissa Wicks, Regional Director Central on 0438 896 *** or email: *************@sa.gov.au

The department values an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and people from the LGBTQI+ community.

To apply for this role, please click the 'apply' button to be re-directed to the DCP Career Portal.

Applications Close: 16 February 2024 at 11:00pm